Animal yoke or poke.



F. A. WUBLEY.

ANIMAL YOKE 0R POKE.

(Lpplication' filed 0a. 11, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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RAM/1 NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK ATHAR WORLEY, OF BOWIE, TEXAS.

' ANIMALYOKE OR POKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,747, dated January23, 1900. Application filed October 11,1898. Serial No. 693,223. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK ATHAR WOR- LEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Bowie, in the county of Montague and State of Texas,have invented a new and useful Animal Yoke or Poke, of which thefollowing is a specification. V

This invention relates generally to an animal yoke or poke, and moreparticularly to one capable of being attached to an ordinary halter, theobject being to provide an exceedingly cheap and simple device which canbe attached to the halter and the horse permitted to run loose in thefield, the purpose of the yoke or poke being to prevent the animaljumping a fence.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the said yoke or pokeas to prevent the horse throwing the yoke or poke over the fencepreparatory to going over.

With these objects in view the invention consists, essentially,of apendent yoke or poke, provided with forwardlyprojecting .teeth,connected at its lower end to the halter by means of a chain, wherebythe animal is prevented from tossing the lower end of the yoke forwardlyand upwardly.

The invention consists also in certain details of construction andnovelties of combination, all of which will be fully describedhereinafter, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a viewshowing the practical application of my invention; and Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the device, the chain being removed.

In the practical embodiment of my invention I employ a halter A, whichmay be substantially the same as the halters now in general use, andconnected to the cheek-straps of said halter is the pendent yoke or pokeB, composed of two strips or pieces B, secured together by rivets B to apoint near their upper ends, where each strip is then bent outwardly, asshown at B in order to form a yoke proper and enable the device tobeconnected to the cheek-straps at each side of the bridle or halter.The forwardly-projecting teeth 0 are secured between the strips B bymeans of the rivets B and these forwardlyprojecting teeth are adapted tocatch in the rails or strands of the fence and prevent the animaljumping, and the chain D is attached to the under side of the nose-strapand connects at its lower end to a ring D, attached to the lower end ofthe depending poke. This chain D prevents the animal tossing the poke oryoke upwardly for the purpose of throwing it over the fence, as ananimal soon learns to do unless restrained in some manner, and it willbe noted that the chain and teeth prevent any such movement by theanimal, but will not restrain him in any movements except jumping afence.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. Andevice of the kind described, comprisin g a bridle or halter havinga depending yoke or poke attached to the cheek-straps thereof andprovided with forwardly-proj ecting teeth and the chain or strapsconnecting the lower edge of said yoke or poke with the halter or bridlein rear of the connection of the poke therewith, whereby an upward orforward movement of the poke is prevented, substantially as described.

2. A depending yoke or poke, composed of two pieces riveted together andhaving a forwardly-projecting tooth secured at each rivet, the upperends of said pieces being curved and supported for the purpose ofattachment to the bridle or halter and the chain connected to the lowerend of the straps and adapted to be connected to the bridle or halter atits upper end in rear of the connection of the poke therewith,substantially as described.

FRANK ATHAR WORLEY.

Witnesses:

G. F. THOMAS, No. B. O. WORLEY.

